Etymology

Zahn

Z10A1H4N1

Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Zahn ← Middle High German zan ← Old High German zand
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Germanic*tanþs
  4. Proto-West Germanic*tanþ
  5. Old High Germanzand
  6. Middle High Germanzan
  7. GermanZahn
  8. English todayZahn

Borrowed from German Zahn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.